What's needed is a world-wide data base to prevent these "offenders" (I'd rather use a much harsher word) from ever holding any job involving children again.

Regards,
John

I'm quite sure that in Australia there is a variety of offences (war crimes, paedophilia, terrorism etc) that you can be charged for under Australian law despite being committed in a foreign country. Strange the US doesn't have the same policy.

What's needed is a world-wide data base to prevent these "offenders" (I'd rather use a much harsher word) from ever holding any job involving children again.

Regards,
John

I'm quite sure that in Australia there is a variety of offences (war crimes, paedophilia, terrorism etc) that you can be charged for under Australian law despite being committed in a foreign country. Strange the US doesn't have the same policy.

That would require that you are either a citizen (for jurisdiction of extraterritorial laws) and that you weren't already prosecuted for the offense.

An Australian court can't punish a Canadian for crimes committed in Thailand nor can they punish an Australian for crimes committed abroad IF the offender has already been prosecuted by a court of competent jurisdiction.

In this particular case, a Canadian was prosecuted in Thailand for offenses in Thailand.

Because the offenses weren't committed in Canada and due to double jeopardy laws (can't be prosecuted again for the same offense that he has already served time for) there is no record of his offenses in Canada (he can get a clean criminal record check).

The same would be true for a UK, Australian or American citizen.

If he wants to work in a 3rd country abroad there is no way for the employer or immigration service or employer to check beyond the home country police check or to know that he was convicted of an offense in a 3rd country or that he was ever even abroad.

He can get a job in the UK (providing he could actually qualify for a job and get a proper visa) or just about anywhere else on the planet outside of Thailand.